Frederick Young, of the Rose Inn, Shenfield was convicted in his absence of six offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission.
He was fined £2,500 per offence and was ordered to pay full costs of £4,522 and £15 victim surcharge totalling £19,537.00.
This follows a High Court ruling last week on a long-standing case between the Premier League, digital-box supplier QC Leisure, and SR Leisure, which endorsed a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in October 2011.
Lord Justice Kitchin ruled that SR Leisure Limited infringed certain copyright in Premier League matches by using an EEA decoder card to show matches in their pubs without Premier League consent.
It also ruled, in supplying decoder cards to publicans, the suppliers of those cards, QC Leisure, authorised these infringing acts.
The Premier League has now claimed that it is able to prevent the unauthorised use of its copyright and will resume taking action against pubs that broadcast live football illegally.
Portsmouth licensee Karen Murphy is due back in court on 24 February following the ECJ ruling last October.
Related Forum comments